Accumulation of Japanese cedar pollen allergen, Cry j 1, in the protein body I of transgenic rice seeds using the promoter and signal sequence of glutelin GluB-1 gene

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-70

  Okada, Anzu ^a   Okada, Takashi ^a   Ide, Takeshi ^b   Itoh, Mituaki ^c   Tanaka, Kunisuke ^c   Takaiwa, Fumio ^d   Toriyama, Kinya ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cry j 1; Glutelin promoter; Japanese cedar; Pollen allergen; Protein body; Rice endosperm

Indexed keywords

ALLERGENS; PEPTIDES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

CRY J 1; GLUTELIN PROMOTER; JAPANESE CEDAR POLLEN ALLERGEN; JAPANESE CEDARS; POLLEN ALLERGEN; PROMOTER SEQUENCES; PROTEIN BODIES; RICE ENDOSPERM; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TRANSGENIC RICE SEEDS;

GENES;

EMBRYOPHYTA; UNIDENTIFIED AGENTS;

EID: 0041761965     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025491608267     Document Type: Article

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